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Rareflops
The correct spelling is flops.
How to pronounce flops
noun
Say it like: Flo-ps
The correct spelling is flops. Any simple operation, such as addition, multiplication or division, performed on floating point numbers using a single operation. For example: "He flopped down in front of the television, exhausted from work."
Usage Examples
“He flopped down in front of the television, exhausted from work.”
“The tired mule flopped its ears forward and trudged on.”
“The latest album flopped and so the studio canceled her contract.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Any simple operation, such as addition, multiplication or division, performed on floating point numbers using a single operation.
- 2.An incident of a certain type of fall; a plopping down.
- 3.A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
- 4.The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.
- 5.A ponded package of dung, as in a cow-flop.
verb
- 1.To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
- 2.To cause to drop heavily.
- 3.To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
- 4.To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer)
- 5.To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; to flap.
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